Switching between operational modes occurs dynamically according to the demands of the task at hand, a new study reports.
A lack of adaptability in hippocampal place cells could be key to memory deficits in schizophrenia, researchers report.
A new study theorizes the development of grid cells depends upon the synaptic input from place cells.
A new study investigates how we are able to assess new locations and become orientated with the help of visual cues.
New discovery could change the way we think about how the brain helps us to navigate.
The spatial dissociation in Alzheimer's disease that causes people to wander may be a result of tau accumulation in the entorhinal cortex's grid cells, a new study reports.
Using a chocolatey reward, researchers discover how rats form some memories.
Researchers report on how memories formed in one area of the brain are replayed and transferred to a different area during rest.
A new study suggests grid cells are involved in a broader range of cognitive processes than previously thought.
A new study fills in major gaps in research about the brain's so-called 'GPS system'.
Researchers report the horizontal canals in the vestibular system play a key role in helping us sense our direction.
Researchers reveal how two parts of the brain's GPS system malfunction in dementia.